I was delighted to see the following sent out to the faculty and staff of Brigham Young University today as the “weekly quote” from BYU’s Center for Faith and Learning:
“In a way, LDS scholars at BYU and elsewhere are a little bit like the builders of the temple in Nauvoo who worked with a trowel in one hand and a musket in the other. Today scholars building the temple of learning must also pause on occasion to defend the Kingdom. I personally think this is one of the reasons the Lord established and maintains this University. The dual role of builder and defender is unique and ongoing. I am grateful we have scholars today who can handle, as it were, both trowels and muskets.”
Elder Neal A. Maxwell, “Blending Research and Revelation”
I heard this address when he delivered it on 19 March 2004. He died just four months later.
The quote above is remarkably consistent with the “weekly quote” from Elder Jeffrey R. Holland that was sent out seven days ago by the Center for Faith and Learning.
Is anybody out there listening?
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